The Canyon Explorer

Seasonal route guide

Best Winter Canyoneering

Canyon routes whose best season includes winter, mostly low-elevation desert canyons. 306 routes across 9 regions.

306 routes9 regions

Central Coast (14)

Death Valley (198)

Achilles Canyon — 3A IV
Alley Canyon — 3A III
Angry Face Canyon — 3A II
Aphrodite Canyon — 4A III
Atlas Canyon — 3A IV
Baby Demon Canyon — 3A IV
BADLANDS CANYON — 3A III
Ball Bearing Canyon — 3A III
Barbarian Canyon — 3A III
Bat Canyon — 4A III
Beast Canyon — 3A III
Behemoth Canyon — 3A IV
Beveridge Canyon — 3A
Bighorn Canyon (East Fork) — 3A V
Bighorn Canyon (Main Fork) — 3A IV
Bighorn Canyon (Main) — Unrated
Bighorn Canyon (Panamint Range West) — 3A IV
Bighorn Canyon (South Fork) — 4A V
Bighorn Canyon (SW Fork) — 3A I
Black Pearl Canyon — 3A V
Black Void Canyon — 3A III
Black Widow Canyon — 4A III
Bleached Skull Canyon — 3A II
Boneyard Canyon — 3A IV
Bottomless Pit Canyon — 3A V
Burial Pall Canyon — 3A IV
Buzzard Canyon Fork — 3A IV
Cadaver Canyon — 3A III
Carrion Canyon — 3A III
Casket Canyon — 3A IV
Cavern Slot — 3A I
Cemetary Canyon — 3A IV
Centipede Canyon — 3A III
Choss Pile Canyon — 3A I
Claim Jumper Canyon — 3A IV
Cliffhanger Canyon — 3A III
Collossus Canyon — 4A IV
Conehead Canyon — 3A IV
Cooter Canyon — 3A
Corpse Canyon — 3A IV
Corridor Canyon (Southwest Fork) — 3A III
Cotton Woodie Canyon — 3A IV
Cottonwood Canyon — 1A V
Craig Canyon — 3A
Crater of Doom Canyon — 3A III
Creature Canyon — 3A IV
Crescent Bridge Canyon — 3A IV
Crossbones Canyon — 3A II
Crumble Stone Canyon — 3A III
Cyclops Canyon — 4A IV
Daisy Canyon — 3A
Dark Demon Canyon — 3A IV
Dark Shadow Canyon — 3A III
Darwin Falls — 3B II
Dead Ram Canyon — 4A IV
Death Rattle Canyon — 3A III
DECAF BAG Canyon — 3A I
Deep Chasm Canyon — 3A III
Deep Six Canyon — 3A IV
Demon Arch Canyon — 3A IV
Devil's Arch Canyon — 3A IV
Diablo Canyon — 3A IV
Diddly Squat Canyon — 3A IV
Dismal Sinkhole Canyon — 3A II
Dolomite Canyon — 3A
Donkey Ears Canyon — 3A IV
Dust Devil Canyon — 3A II
Easy Rider Canyon — 3A III
Fallen Angel Canyon — 3A V
Fallen Angel North Fork Canyon — 3A IV
Feral Ass Canyon — 3A
Fossil Snail Canyon — 3A IV
Funky Lizard Canyon — 3A III
Gargantuan Canyon — 4A IV
Gargoyle Canyon — 3A IV
Gastropod Casket Canyon — 3A IV
Glory Pothole — 3A IV
Goblin Canyon — 3A III
Godzilla Canyon — 4A IV
Goliath Wall Canyon — 4A IV
Gollum Canyon — 3A IV
Grave Robber Canyon — 3A III
Graveyard Canyon — 3A II
Gremlin Canyon — 3A IV
Grey Wall Canyon — Unrated
Grim Reaper Canyon — 3A III
Grim Reaper South Fork — 3A III
Half Moon Canyon — 2A III
Hand of Satan Canyon — 4A IV
Hanging Keeper Pothole Canyon — 3A IV
Happy Canyon (Panamint Range West) — 2B IV
Hells Gate Canyon — 3A III
Hercules Canyon — 4A IV
Hobbit Canyon — 3A II
Hodge-Podge Canyon — 3A II
Hoodoo Canyon — 3A III
Hooter Canyon — 3A III
Horny Toad Canyon — 3A IV
Hulk Canyon — 4A IV
Hunter Canyon — 3A
Indian Ranch Canyon — 3A IV
Inferno Canyon (Death Valley National Park) — 3A IV
Ironman Canyon — 4A
Jackalope Canyon — 3A IV
Jackass Canyon — 3A III
Jackpot Canyon (North) — 3A III
Jackpot Canyon (South) — 3A III
Joyride Canyon — 3A III
Juggernaut Canyon — 4A IV
Jupiter Canyon (North Fork) — 3A III
Kamikaze Canyon — 3A IV
Keane Canyon — 3A III
Keane Wonder Mine — 3A III
Keynot Canyon — 3A
Lambs Hoof Canyon — 3A IV
Leviathan Canyon — 3A IV
Lilith 1 Canyon — 3A
Lilith 3 Canyon — 3A IV
Lippincott Mine — Unrated
Little Bighorn Canyon — 3A III
Lizard King Canyon — 3A III
Lord of the Flies Canyon — 3A III
Lost Burro Canyon — 3A II
Lucifer's Lair Canyon — 3A III
Marble Canyon (Cottonwood Mountains) — 1A IV
McElvoy Canyon — 3A
Monarch Canyon — 3A II
Moonlight Canyon (Lower) — 2A IV
Moonlight Canyon (Upper) — 3A IV
Mortuary Canyon — 3A IV
Mountain Goat Canyon — 4A IV
Necrophilia Canyon — 3A IV
Neptune Canyon — 3B IV
Netherworld Canyon — 4A IV
Nightmare Canyon — 3A
Noobie Canyon — 3A II
Obelisk Canyon — 3A IV
Obituary Canyon — 3A V
Odyssey Canyon — 3A IV
One Drop Canyon — 3A IV
Osirus Canyon — 3A IV
Pale Horse Canyon (North Fork) — 3A IV
Pale Horse Canyon (South Fork) — 3A IV
Palmer Canyon - Upper Section — 3A III
Palmer Canyon (Main Fork) — 3A III
Panamint Canyon — 3A IV
Paradise Lost Canyon — 3A III
Park Canyon (Middle) — 3A III
Park Canyon (North South) — 3A III
Pegasus Canyon — 3A IV
Phoenix Canyon — 3A IV
Pothole Canyon — 3A IV
Pothole Slumber-Party — 3A V
Precipice Canyon — 3A III
Predator Canyon — 3A III
Psycho Canyon — 3A III
Pyramid Canyon — 3A IV
Pyromaniac — 3A IV
Pyromaniac Canyon — 3A IV
PYROMANIC S. FORK CANYON — 3A IV
Rabbithole Canyon — 3A IV
Racetrack Playa — Unrated
Rattler Canyon — 3A IV
Red Wall Canyon (Main Fork) — 3A III
Red Wall Canyon (Northwest Fork) — 3A IV
Red Wall Canyon (West Fork) — 3A III
Rigor Mortis Canyon — 3A II
Ringed Snake Canyon — 3A III
Roasting Dog Canyon — 3A III
Sentinel Canyon — 3A III
Shortstuff Canyon — 3A II
Sinbad Canyon — 4A IV
Sisyphus Canyon — 3A IV
Skeleton Canyon — 3A IV
String of Pearls Canyon — 3A IV
Sword Canyon — 3A IV
Tarantula Canyon — 3A IV
Telescope Peak — 1A III
The Ogre Canyon — 3A III
Tinman Canyon — 3A IV
Tombstone Canyon — 3A IV
Tower Canyon — 3A III
Trojan Canyon — 3A III
Tunnel Bridge Canyon — 3A IV
Twisted Mouth Canyon — 3A III
Ubehebe Canyon — 3A III
Ubehebe Crater — Unrated
Unicorn Canyon — 3A III
Up to Nowhere Canyon — Unrated
Upper North Fork Hall Canyon — 3A IV
Uranus Canyon — 3A IV
Vulture Canyon — 3A IV
Wall of Fear Canyon — 3A IV
Warlock Canyon — 3A IV
Wasteland Fork of Warlock Canyon — 3A IV
Wormhole Pit Canyon — 3A IV
Zigzag Canyon (Death Valley National Park) — 3A III
Zombie Canyon — 3A III

Las Vegas (2)

Keyhole Canyon (Nevada) — 3A I
Old Bill Canyon — 3B IV

Moab (1)

Medieval Chamber — Unrated

North Wash (4)

Hog 1 aka Boss Hog — 3A II
Horse Play — 2A II PG
Merry Piglet — 3B II
Shenanigans Slot — 3B III PG

San Bernardinos (37)

Afton Canyon Slot — 2A I
Alger Creek — 1A II
Andreas Canyon — 4A V
Bear Skull Hollow — 3A III
Big Falls (Southern California) — 3C I
Camp Creek Cayon — 3C III
Chainmail Creek — 3B II
Chino Canyon (Left Fork) — 3B III
City Creek (West Fork) — 3B I
Colossal Canyon — 3A III
Dual Canyon — 4A III
Falls Creek (San Jacinto Mountains) — 4B IV
Geo Hazard — 3A I
Glen Martin Creek — 3B III
Harrison Canyon (West) — 3A III
Hell for Sure Canyon — 3B IV
High Creek — 3A III
KC Canyon — 3A II
Massacre Canyon — 3B I
Monkeyface Creek — 3B III
Mouse Trap Canyon — 4A III
North Fork Whitewater River — 3B IV
Old Dale Mines — 2A III
Purple Ladders — 3A III
Rattlesnake Canyon (Joshua Tree National Park) — 3B I
San Jacinto River (North Fork) — 3B II
Santa Ana River Canyon — Unrated
Snow Creek (San Jacinto Mountains) — 4B V
Snow Creek (West Fork) — 3B IV
Strawberry Creek — 3B III
Tachevah Canyon (Dry Falls) — 3A II
Tahquitz Canyon — 4B V
Tahquitz Rock — 4A III
This Here Canyon — 4A II
Vivian Creek — 3B II
Wall Street Mill — 2A I
Wonderland of Rocks — 2A III

San Gabriels (46)

Axolotl Canyon — 3B III
Black Star Canyon — 3A III
Boulder Creek (Three Sisters) — 3B II
Cadillac Crash Canyon — 3A II
Carrizo Gorge — 1A III
Cedar Creek (Lower) — 3C I
Cedar Creek (Upper) — 2B III
Chilao Creek — 2A IV
Chiquito Spring Canyon — 2B III
Clear Creek Canyon — 3A II
De Luz Canyon — Unrated
Devil's Canyon (Lower) — 2A IV
Devil's Canyon (Upper) — 2A IV
Devil's Canyon Loop — 2A III
Dorr Canyon (San Gabriel Mountains) — 3B III
Dye Canyon (Devils Jumpoff) — 3A II
Fire Escape Canyon — 3A II
Flores Peak C4 — 3A III
Holcomb Canyon — 3B IV
Hole in the Rock Canyon — 3A I
Kelso Dunes — 1A II
Kitchen Creek — 3B II
La Jolla Sea Caves — Unrated
Labranca Canyon — 2B I
Laurel Springs Canyon — 3B IV
Naked Santa Hollow — 3A I
Ortega Falls — 3B I
Owl Canyon — Unrated
Penin Canyon — 3B IV
Picacho Peak — 4A III
Pine Valley Bridge — 4A I
Radiator Springs — 3C I
Ritchie Canyon (Mildred Falls) — 3A II
Rue de Fortuna Canyon — 4C
Salamander Canyon — 4B IV
San Diego River Gorge — 3A II
San Francisquito Canyon (East Fork) — 3A II
San Francisquito Canyon (West Fork) — 3A II
Sandtrap Canyon — 3A I
Santiago Hidden Falls Canyon — 3B IV
Sill Hill (Rancho Cuyamaca State Park) — 3C IV
Snow Creek (East Branch) — 3B IV
Sunset Cliffs Caves — Unrated
Tecopa Mines — 3A III
Tenaja Falls — 3B II
White Ghost Canyon — 3A III

St. George (3)

Arch Canyon (aka Johnson Canyon) — 3B II
Cherry Canyon — 3A III
Pictograph Canyon — Unrated

Wasatch (1)

The Great White Icicle — 3C II PG